Water treating device

• US 6,071,404 A
• Filed: 08/31/1998
• Issued: 06/06/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tommy Tsui
• Original Assignee: Tommy Tsui
• Inventors: Tsui, Tommy
• Primary Examiner(s): Savage, Matthew O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ward, Richard W.
• Application Number:
  US09/144,636
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 210/636, 210/748, 210/192, 210/243, 210/256, 210/260, 210/321.69, 210/321.6, 210/232, 204/252, 204/260, 204/263, 204/627, 204/640, 204/344, 204/350, 422/29, 134/22.1, 134/22.11
• US Class Current: 210/232
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2321/22 Electrical effects
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 61/025 Reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 65/08 Prevention of membrane fouling or of concentration polarisation
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/001 Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/441 by reverse osmosis
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/4618 for producing "ionised" acidic or basic water
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/46115 Electrolytic cell with membranes or diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2303/04 Disinfection

Abstract

A water treating device includes an outer casing, a reverse osmosis tube, a side cap, and an outlet tube. The outer casing includes an outer tube having a first inlet for water and a first outlet, an inner tube mounted inside the outer tube and including a number of holes defined in a periphery of an end thereof, and a water-permeable layer mounted between the inner tube and the outer tube. The reverse osmosis tube is mounted in the inner tube and includes a second inlet for water from the holes of the inner tube and adjacent to the end of the outer tube. The reverse osmosis tube further includes a second outlet for pure water. The side cap is mounted to seal a first end of the outer casing and includes a first electric rod to interconnect the outer tube with a positive power connection and a second electric rod to interconnect the inner tube with a negative power connection. The outlet cap is mounted to seal the other end of the outer casing and includes a third outlet communicated with the second outlet for pure water and a flood hole for outputting impure water. When power is supplied to the positive power connection and the negative power connection, water that enters a space between the inner tube and the outer tube is electrolyzed such that negative ionic water is outputted via the first outlet of the outer tube, and cationic water is passed through the reverse osmosis tube to proceed with acid wash on the reverse osmosis tube and then outputted via the flood hole of the outlet cap.

Claims

1. A water treating device, comprising:

an outer casing including a first end, a second end, an outer tube having a first inlet for water and a first outlet, an inner tube mounted inside the outer tube and including a plurality of holes defined in a periphery of an end thereof, and a water-permeable layer mounted between the inner tube and the outer tube,

a reverse osmosis tube mounted in the inner tube and including a second inlet for water from the holes of the inner tube and adjacent to the end of the outer tube, the reverse osmosis tube further including a second outlet for pure water,

a side cap mounted to seal the first end of the outer casing and including a first electric rod adapted to interconnect the inner tube with a positive power connection and a second electric rod adapted to interconnect the outer tube with a negative power connection, and

an outlet cap mounted to seal the second end of the outer casing and including a third outlet communicating with the second outlet for outputting pure water and a flood hole for outputting impure water,

whereby when power is supplied to the positive power connection and the negative power connection, water that enters a space between the inner tube and the outer tube is electrolyzed such that negative ionic water is outputted via the first outlet of the outer tube, and cationic water is passed through the reverse osmosis tube to proceed with acid wash on the reverse osmosis tube and then outputted via the flood hole of the outlet cap.

2. A water treating device according to claim 1, wherein:

the outer tube has an outer threading at the first end;

the inner tube has an inner threading at the first end;

the side cap includes a first stub facing the first end of the outer casing, the first stub having a first threading for engagement with the inner threading of the inner tube; and

the side cap includes a second threading for engagement with the outer threading of the outer tube.

3. A water treating device according to claim 2, wherein:

the inner tube has a first anti-leak ring mounted between an inner periphery of the

inner tube and the second inlet; and

the first stub of the side cap has a second anti-leak ring disposed on an outermost edge.

4. A water treating device according to claim 2, wherein:

the reverse osmosis tube has a protruded end at the second inlet; and

the first stub has a receptacle for receiving the protruded end of the reverse osmosis tube.

5. A water treating device according to claim 2, wherein:

the outer tube has a threading at the second end;

the inner tube has a threading at the second end; and

the outlet cap includes a second stub facing the second end of the outer casing, the second stub being threaded at its periphery for engagement with the second end of the inner tube, and the outlet cap being threaded on an inner surface for engagement with the second end of the outer tube.

6. A water treating device according to claim 5, wherein the second stub has a third anti-leak ring disposed on an outermost edge of the second stub.